morning's "washington journal." >> host: david walker joins us from new york city. he's the former u.s. comptroller general and now founder and ceo of the come back america foundation. good morning. >> guest: good to be with you, libby. >> host: thank you. you have said that it's a bad idea for congress and the president to flirt so to speak with this august 2nd deadline of hitting the possible debt default. what do you think is going on right now and are you concerned that there's not a deal in place yet? >> guest: well, i am concerned, but if everybody is true to their word, by that i mean, the congressional leaders of both parties and the house and the senate and the president and i think they'll reach a deal in the house and senate. they have made a commitment to the american people that they will default. they are coming down to, you know, the 11th hour which i think is inappropriate but nonetheless typical for washington and they're trying to get as good a deal as they can. the democrats are trying to get as good of deal as they can. republicans. but if they d